Training Is Truth
Savannah ARCHAMBAULT
SAVage : Hybrid Combat Systems
(514)718-3268
"When faced with aggression, we usually don't rise to the occasion, but we rather fall to the level of our training."
ABOUT SAVANNAH ARCHAMBAULT
Founder & Owner of
SAVage : Hybrid Combat Systems
First female Full Instructor to ever be certified in Combat Systema
Only female Full Instructor for Combat Systema in America
Savannah Archambault is an expert in personal protection. With more than 9 years of experience in martial arts as a practitioner and in defensive tactics as an instructor, Savannah built her own business to fully share her proactive and evolving approach in 2017. Her mission revolves around continuating learning and integral teaching of all aspects of prevention and self-defense.
Savannah is the holder of a black belt in Modern Kempo Jujitsu from Integrated Fighting Systems and Full Instructorship in Combat Systema from International Combat Systema Association. Savannah also holds certifications in Tactical Ground Fighting, Use of Force, Intermediate Handcuffing, Tactical Restraint & Intervention, Advanced Tactical Baton, Pressure Points, Advanced Weapon Defense, and CQB Firearm Handling, amongst many others (I may send photocopies upon request) .
Positive Reviews
I met Savannah a few years ago while teaching in Montreal. She is all day tough and always one of the hardest workers in the room. She now runs her own self defense business and has that unique blend of personal skill set and the ability to teach not just about the physical aspect but also the mental skills required to deal with extreme adversity.
- Michael G. Malpass, tactical training SWAT officer and author of Taming the Serpent & Fall Seven, Rise Eight.
We are often reminded in training for self protection that the body cannot go where the mind has not been. Savannah's training will take you to dark places where you learn what really goes on in a predatory situation. Really important information, gritty stuff that you wish you really didn't need to know.
Then she helps you confront those stark realites in the mental, emotional and physical realms. Her training will help you survive in those dark places and also help you identify particular areas of weakness and even strengths within yourself. The tools she shares are real and effective, not flashy kungfu krusher stuff but gleaned from multiple combative traditions.
It's lovely to train in a nice comfy gym with a cooperative partner but real life demands that you sometimes drill in exhausted confused uncomfortable states against intense resistance. Savannah brings an opportunity to train that way with safety and intensity.
As a little old lady (really, 4.11 and 68yrs) I found her training methods invaluable and truly usable. And less I've made this sound all gloom and doom, I should also share that Savannah is hilarious, kind and so very fun!
I can't wait to get SAVAGE with Savannah again!
- Suzy Amos